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britinusa
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Initially Posted - 04/09/2006 :  07:51:09  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Planning a trip? Check out http://www.wunderground.com/

They have a great 'trip planner' that reviews the weather history since 1997(ish) and provide some very neat observations that should help plan your next trip.. You'll probably go anyway, but it's nice to know the chances of rain/cloud/temp/humidity etc.

Paul
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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 04/09/2006 :  08:47:59  Show Profile
There was a small weather station on lake lanier that I used, I even had a link to it on my web page. It was run by someone on platium dock. That was until yesterday when the storms blew through. The wind [url="http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20060409/localnews/85360.shtml"]destroyed[/url] 4 docks and tore up a bunch of boats.
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Response Posted - 04/09/2006 :  09:57:20  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
I think we have a few members that use that lake...
Hope they and their boats are ok!

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 04/10/2006 :  17:45:03  Show Profile
Nice feature on that site that tracks and graphs historical data on wind.
A great feature for lake sailing.
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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 04/10/2006 :  18:22:52  Show Profile
Before the storms blew through, a fellow sailor had a weather station set up on his boat at his [url="http://www.weatherunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KGABUFOR3"]dock[/url] so the wind speed and other reports were very accurate for the lake. Not like reports from an airports several miles inland.
The power is still out on most of the docks in the marina as they continue repairs. I hope the weather station is back up soon.
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atgep
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Response Posted - 04/10/2006 :  23:29:14  Show Profile
Tom,
I was skirting the storm in Iowa. I had such a severe crosswind that I lost a windshield wiper!!! I had flashbacks of the Cumberland Is trip.
I am in WA now and am heading back in 6 weeks to pickup Family and boat. Glad you are ok. I hear it was fierce a little south of you.

Tom.
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